I don’t like her as a politician for 3 main reasons: performative giveaways, where she gives away what is already provided and pretends her being in charge will allow these things to be provided, which they already are. It shows she doesn’t really care about learning about her community, and instead just prefers to virtue signal.
She is running a campaign without living in the area, with majority of donations from outside the area. Influencer first politician second is a red flag, and especially considering she’s showed bo willingness to actually move into the area despite repeated claims she will shows she’s already lying, not a good sign.
And the third is that despite living in a leas leftist area with someone who deserves to be contested more/not already solidly leftish politics, she decided to run in the district she does not live in.
Going straight to higher office without attempting to gain practice or build up a “resume” in lower office is questionable as well, but less so than the rest.
there is no shortage of people as left as her running in the district to vote for, who do not have nearly as many red flags.
So no policies you disagree with and she faces jail for trying to protect people in the community she’s running for, which I believe you acknowledged in these replies. (You did mention the citizenship status of the people you think she does this for, for some reason though)
Sounds fine to me, you go vote for someone else, sure, but I will prefer someone who’s also willing to endure violence and legal consequences to protect anyone in your community.
You did mention the citizenship status of the people you think she does this for, for some reason though)
“Immigrant” is not a citizenship status. Green card, visa, undocumented, citizen, are citizenship statuses.
I will prefer someone who’s also willing to endure violence and legal consequences to protect anyone in your community.
… Do you think she’s the only one who’s done this? Like honest to god? Because, to be clear, she is not. Off the top of my head biss as well, though I probably won’t be heading to him in the primary. You don’t understand the district, which is why you think she’s the only one like that
You will find the same list of issues on damn near every dem candidate in the district. Her policies are not special here. They’re not different. They’re the baseline norm
Don’t play fucking stupid, you know what I mean and I’m not an english speaker.
Are you dense, I already said I don’t care if you don’t want to vote for her, I just think you have a really big fucking rage about her for a very fucking petty reason, leading me to believe there’s some underlying motivation for having a grudge.
Or you’re just an asshole, who’s petulent because you haven’t done anything in your life and vent that rage by insulting a woman who’s been beaten up in your district, congrats.
She’s not gonna throw you off a roof because of her last name by the way, just to be clear.
And voting based on that is childish if you agree with the policies.
I haven’t called you racist, trying to look for a valid (logically, not morally) reason for your very obvious distaste for someone who is an extremely solid progressive I thought maybe a bit of internalized islamophobia could be one possibility.
Sorry, but your points aren’t hard to understand, they are just childish.
And I should have added native English speaker, I’m a fluent English speaker on A1 level, born and living in Switzerland, so you’ve been argueing with someone on a different continent. Instead of just dodging what policies you disagree with you could have just dismissed everything I say or do 😉
… Islamic? Her last name is Islamic? You think I knew that?
And voting based on that is childish if you agree with the policies.
Childish to vote against someone who doesn’t care to actually research the community or live in it? No, that’s not childish. Not when there’s candidates with actively proven records like biss, who’ve shown to be strong on issues I care about like bike lanes and walk ability…
Instead of just dodging what policies you disagree
I made a clear answer to the question. Stop pretending I didn’t. Clearly they are hard for you to understand. I made it clear. Her issues are boilerplate, not special in the district. So it’s better to vote for a local who understands the other issues at play, not just immigration, especially when we have people on the ballot with proven records.
so you’ve been argueing with someone on a different continent
So? The only thing that matter for is if you don’t understand that politicians are meant to represent their districts, or if you don’t understand the history of how bad, bought politicians tend to love to live outside of the areas of their districts.
I love how now you pretend you’re fluent after claiming to not speak English. Nice. I don’t know the ranking, the languages I know do not use it.
Do you believe she would oppose bike lanes and walkability?
Again, you vote for someone else, that’s fine with me, but you haven’t been painting her as just someone with boilerplate politics, honestly it seems like you are kind of obsessed with her.
I live in Switzerland, we have no Lobbying laws, that happens all the time here, but what gives you the idea Kat has been bought?
I am fluent in English, sorry that you can’t destinguish between not being an English speaker and not being fluent in English.
What language you speak doesn’t use it?
I have a Cambridge University certificate stating my ranking, so English uses it. I’m pretty sure all languages originating in Europe use the system.
honestly it seems like you are kind of obsessed with her.
I’m annoyed with how people push her as a forefront of progressive politics when her politics are relatively normal. It’s extremely relevant to me because I live in il-9, which will obviously make me much more invested than a typical lemmy user.
Do you believe she would oppose bike lanes and walkability?
No, but I’d rather a candidate who consistently and strongly pushes rather than being passively supportive
but you haven’t been painting her as just someone with boilerplate politics
I’m pretty sure I stated her politics were neomal for the district multiple times in this convo.
I live in Switzerland, we have no Lobbying laws, that happens all the time here, but what gives you the idea Kat has been bought?
It’s not as much I think she’s bought as much as I think it demonstrates a lack of loyalty to the community typical to be people who end up corrupt. Basically, a risk factor.
I’m pretty sure all languages originating in Europe use the system.
English is my native language, but Japanese is my 2nd
I don’t like her as a politician for 3 main reasons: performative giveaways, where she gives away what is already provided and pretends her being in charge will allow these things to be provided, which they already are. It shows she doesn’t really care about learning about her community, and instead just prefers to virtue signal.
She is running a campaign without living in the area, with majority of donations from outside the area. Influencer first politician second is a red flag, and especially considering she’s showed bo willingness to actually move into the area despite repeated claims she will shows she’s already lying, not a good sign.
And the third is that despite living in a leas leftist area with someone who deserves to be contested more/not already solidly leftish politics, she decided to run in the district she does not live in.
Going straight to higher office without attempting to gain practice or build up a “resume” in lower office is questionable as well, but less so than the rest.
there is no shortage of people as left as her running in the district to vote for, who do not have nearly as many red flags.
So no policies you disagree with and she faces jail for trying to protect people in the community she’s running for, which I believe you acknowledged in these replies. (You did mention the citizenship status of the people you think she does this for, for some reason though) Sounds fine to me, you go vote for someone else, sure, but I will prefer someone who’s also willing to endure violence and legal consequences to protect anyone in your community.
“Immigrant” is not a citizenship status. Green card, visa, undocumented, citizen, are citizenship statuses.
… Do you think she’s the only one who’s done this? Like honest to god? Because, to be clear, she is not. Off the top of my head biss as well, though I probably won’t be heading to him in the primary. You don’t understand the district, which is why you think she’s the only one like that
You will find the same list of issues on damn near every dem candidate in the district. Her policies are not special here. They’re not different. They’re the baseline norm
Don’t play fucking stupid, you know what I mean and I’m not an english speaker. Are you dense, I already said I don’t care if you don’t want to vote for her, I just think you have a really big fucking rage about her for a very fucking petty reason, leading me to believe there’s some underlying motivation for having a grudge. Or you’re just an asshole, who’s petulent because you haven’t done anything in your life and vent that rage by insulting a woman who’s been beaten up in your district, congrats. She’s not gonna throw you off a roof because of her last name by the way, just to be clear.
Quite literally, the reason is stated. She doesn’t live in the area.
I am not a racist despite your rabid accusations
You not speaking English seems to be very related to your lack of understanding
And voting based on that is childish if you agree with the policies.
I haven’t called you racist, trying to look for a valid (logically, not morally) reason for your very obvious distaste for someone who is an extremely solid progressive I thought maybe a bit of internalized islamophobia could be one possibility.
Sorry, but your points aren’t hard to understand, they are just childish.
And I should have added native English speaker, I’m a fluent English speaker on A1 level, born and living in Switzerland, so you’ve been argueing with someone on a different continent. Instead of just dodging what policies you disagree with you could have just dismissed everything I say or do 😉
… Islamic? Her last name is Islamic? You think I knew that?
Childish to vote against someone who doesn’t care to actually research the community or live in it? No, that’s not childish. Not when there’s candidates with actively proven records like biss, who’ve shown to be strong on issues I care about like bike lanes and walk ability…
I made a clear answer to the question. Stop pretending I didn’t. Clearly they are hard for you to understand. I made it clear. Her issues are boilerplate, not special in the district. So it’s better to vote for a local who understands the other issues at play, not just immigration, especially when we have people on the ballot with proven records.
So? The only thing that matter for is if you don’t understand that politicians are meant to represent their districts, or if you don’t understand the history of how bad, bought politicians tend to love to live outside of the areas of their districts.
I love how now you pretend you’re fluent after claiming to not speak English. Nice. I don’t know the ranking, the languages I know do not use it.
The first part is giving me weird vibes.
Do you believe she would oppose bike lanes and walkability?
Again, you vote for someone else, that’s fine with me, but you haven’t been painting her as just someone with boilerplate politics, honestly it seems like you are kind of obsessed with her.
I live in Switzerland, we have no Lobbying laws, that happens all the time here, but what gives you the idea Kat has been bought?
I am fluent in English, sorry that you can’t destinguish between not being an English speaker and not being fluent in English.
What language you speak doesn’t use it? I have a Cambridge University certificate stating my ranking, so English uses it. I’m pretty sure all languages originating in Europe use the system.
I’m annoyed with how people push her as a forefront of progressive politics when her politics are relatively normal. It’s extremely relevant to me because I live in il-9, which will obviously make me much more invested than a typical lemmy user.
No, but I’d rather a candidate who consistently and strongly pushes rather than being passively supportive
I’m pretty sure I stated her politics were neomal for the district multiple times in this convo.
It’s not as much I think she’s bought as much as I think it demonstrates a lack of loyalty to the community typical to be people who end up corrupt. Basically, a risk factor.
English is my native language, but Japanese is my 2nd